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Results from our Third-Party Partner project #AKASE are in!

What if a search engine could assess the quality of arguments?

The AKASE project team built an Argumentation Knowledge Graph based on 105 million web documents that were pulled from the #OpenWebIndex. The Knowledge Graph maps how arguments across the web support, attack, and rephrase each other.
The system identifies claims and premises, detects logical fallacies, and assesses argument quality automatically.
https://openwebsearch.eu/akase-results/

Gleichzeitig fällt die EU-Förderung für den Open Web Index weg, der eine wichtige Voraussetzung wäre für digitale Unabhängigkeit Europas von den wenigen Suchmaschinen, die einen konkurrenzfähigen Index haben: Google (USA), Bing (USA), Yandex (Russland) und Baidu (VR China).

https://suma-ev.social/@MetaGer/116079375881146584

#OpenWebIndex #europeanSearchEngine #SearchEngine #searchIndex #digitalIndependence #digitaleUnabhängigkeit #digitaleSouveränität

Gleichzeitig fällt die EU-Förderung für den Open Web Index weg, der eine wichtige Voraussetzung wäre für digitale Unabhängigkeit Europas von den wenigen Suchmaschinen, die einen konkurrenzfähigen Index haben: Google (USA), Bing (USA), Yandex (Russland) und Baidu (VR China).

https://suma-ev.social/@MetaGer/116079375881146584

#OpenWebIndex #europeanSearchEngine #SearchEngine #searchIndex #digitalIndependence #digitaleUnabhängigkeit #digitaleSouveränität

Gleichzeitig fällt die EU-Förderung für den Open Web Index weg, der eine wichtige Voraussetzung wäre für digitale Unabhängigkeit Europas von den wenigen Suchmaschinen, die einen konkurrenzfähigen Index haben: Google (USA), Bing (USA), Yandex (Russland) und Baidu (VR China).

https://suma-ev.social/@MetaGer/116079375881146584

#OpenWebIndex #europeanSearchEngine #SearchEngine #searchIndex #digitalIndependence #digitaleUnabhängigkeit #digitaleSouveränität

Gleichzeitig fällt die EU-Förderung für den Open Web Index weg, der eine wichtige Voraussetzung wäre für digitale Unabhängigkeit Europas von den wenigen Suchmaschinen, die einen konkurrenzfähigen Index haben: Google (USA), Bing (USA), Yandex (Russland) und Baidu (VR China).

https://suma-ev.social/@MetaGer/116079375881146584

#OpenWebIndex #europeanSearchEngine #SearchEngine #searchIndex #digitalIndependence #digitaleUnabhängigkeit #digitaleSouveränität

Gleichzeitig fällt die EU-Förderung für den Open Web Index weg, der eine wichtige Voraussetzung wäre für digitale Unabhängigkeit Europas von den wenigen Suchmaschinen, die einen konkurrenzfähigen Index haben: Google (USA), Bing (USA), Yandex (Russland) und Baidu (VR China).

https://suma-ev.social/@MetaGer/116079375881146584

#OpenWebIndex #europeanSearchEngine #SearchEngine #searchIndex #digitalIndependence #digitaleUnabhängigkeit #digitaleSouveränität

Ich hab als Mitglied des SUMA e.V. seit heute die Möglichkeit, die Alpha-Version der kommenden Suchmaschine #Nolm zu testen. Sie basiert auf dem #OWI (#OpenWebIndex), ich bin ziemlich gehypt.

Meine erste Suche war natürlich „OSR ttrpg“.

Ich hab als Mitglied des SUMA e.V. seit heute die Möglichkeit, die Alpha-Version der kommenden Suchmaschine #Nolm zu testen. Sie basiert auf dem #OWI (#OpenWebIndex), ich bin ziemlich gehypt.

Meine erste Suche war natürlich „OSR ttrpg“.

Happy new year! After an important year for the #OpenWebIndex we are looking forward to this new year where we finally can share our full plans for Nolm and SUMA-Kit.

Expect weekly posts on this account where we keep you up to date with what we're doing.

🤗 Today is the day! We have exciting news to share!
Curlie.org with the support of OpenWebSearch.eu generously offers the entire Curlie web directory for download – for free!
🐿️ As of today you can get your hands on the largest human-edited web directory currently out there.
A special thanks goes to our project partner Leibniz Supercomputing Centre for hosting the download.
👉 Waste no more time! Get started right here: https://curlie.org/download

#opensource #openweb #openWebIndex

#EBDVF kicks off next week!

Our team hosts the session "Reclaim the Web! Towards sovereign AI, Analytics and Search Services in Europe" on 13 Nov, 12.00-13.00 CET.

The European #OpenWebIndex can support research & business applications.
- Learn about the need for such a public Web data infrastructure
- We will present #OWI use cases
- A strategic outlook on further usage possibilities, incl. future governance model structure & a financial model for the Open Search ecosystem will be given

#EBDVF kicks off next week!

Our team hosts the session "Reclaim the Web! Towards sovereign AI, Analytics and Search Services in Europe" on 13 Nov, 12.00-13.00 CET.

The European #OpenWebIndex can support research & business applications.
- Learn about the need for such a public Web data infrastructure
- We will present #OWI use cases
- A strategic outlook on further usage possibilities, incl. future governance model structure & a financial model for the Open Search ecosystem will be given

#EBDVF kicks off next week!

Our team hosts the session "Reclaim the Web! Towards sovereign AI, Analytics and Search Services in Europe" on 13 Nov, 12.00-13.00 CET.

The European #OpenWebIndex can support research & business applications.
- Learn about the need for such a public Web data infrastructure
- We will present #OWI use cases
- A strategic outlook on further usage possibilities, incl. future governance model structure & a financial model for the Open Search ecosystem will be given

#EBDVF kicks off next week!

Our team hosts the session "Reclaim the Web! Towards sovereign AI, Analytics and Search Services in Europe" on 13 Nov, 12.00-13.00 CET.

The European #OpenWebIndex can support research & business applications.
- Learn about the need for such a public Web data infrastructure
- We will present #OWI use cases
- A strategic outlook on further usage possibilities, incl. future governance model structure & a financial model for the Open Search ecosystem will be given

@73CC @kuketzblog

Ich benutze weiterhin @MetaGer (was ich mit meinen Mitgliedsgebühren für den SuMa-eV bezahle). Bald wird #Metager auch den #OpenWebIndex nutzen und damit die neue Suchmaschine #Nolm starten.

Update: Inzwischen kann man @nolm folgen. @phoefer schrieb heute, dass NoLM im zweiten Quartal online gehen könnte.

https://suma-ev.social/@phoefer/115854245170462340

@73CC @kuketzblog

Ich benutze weiterhin @MetaGer (was ich mit meinen Mitgliedsgebühren für den SuMa-eV bezahle). Bald wird #Metager auch den #OpenWebIndex nutzen und damit die neue Suchmaschine #Nolm starten.

Update: Inzwischen kann man @nolm folgen. @phoefer schrieb heute, dass NoLM im zweiten Quartal online gehen könnte.

https://suma-ev.social/@phoefer/115854245170462340

@73CC @kuketzblog

Ich benutze weiterhin @MetaGer (was ich mit meinen Mitgliedsgebühren für den SuMa-eV bezahle). Bald wird #Metager auch den #OpenWebIndex nutzen und damit die neue Suchmaschine #Nolm starten.

Update: Inzwischen kann man @nolm folgen. @phoefer schrieb heute, dass NoLM im zweiten Quartal online gehen könnte.

https://suma-ev.social/@phoefer/115854245170462340

@73CC @kuketzblog

Ich benutze weiterhin @MetaGer (was ich mit meinen Mitgliedsgebühren für den SuMa-eV bezahle). Bald wird #Metager auch den #OpenWebIndex nutzen und damit die neue Suchmaschine #Nolm starten.

Update: Inzwischen kann man @nolm folgen. @phoefer schrieb heute, dass NoLM im zweiten Quartal online gehen könnte.

https://suma-ev.social/@phoefer/115854245170462340

@73CC @kuketzblog

Ich benutze weiterhin @MetaGer (was ich mit meinen Mitgliedsgebühren für den SuMa-eV bezahle). Bald wird #Metager auch den #OpenWebIndex nutzen und damit die neue Suchmaschine #Nolm starten.

Update: Inzwischen kann man @nolm folgen. @phoefer schrieb heute, dass NoLM im zweiten Quartal online gehen könnte.

https://suma-ev.social/@phoefer/115854245170462340

Lots of ideas being thrown around today for the future of the #openwebindex .
With the end of EU funding for this critical infrastructure we're meeting up to discuss how to carry on.

#openwebsearch #OWI #websearch

🧮 Time for a Sunday numbers game

Did you know that the #OpenWebIndex pilot is currently based on over 1 Petabyte of raw data?

👉 This amount equals roughly over 1 billion books (assuming an average book contains about 300 pages and 100.000 words).

👉 In terms of songs, 1 Petabyte amounts to approximately 250 million MP3s (calculating with 4 MB per song file).

You can find more OWI stats directly via the OWI Dashboard: https://openwebindex.eu/

#OpenWebIndex #doingthemath #funfact

🧮 Time for a Sunday numbers game

Did you know that the #OpenWebIndex pilot is currently based on over 1 Petabyte of raw data?

👉 This amount equals roughly over 1 billion books (assuming an average book contains about 300 pages and 100.000 words).

👉 In terms of songs, 1 Petabyte amounts to approximately 250 million MP3s (calculating with 4 MB per song file).

You can find more OWI stats directly via the OWI Dashboard: https://openwebindex.eu/

#OpenWebIndex #doingthemath #funfact

🧮 Time for a Sunday numbers game

Did you know that the #OpenWebIndex pilot is currently based on over 1 Petabyte of raw data?

👉 This amount equals roughly over 1 billion books (assuming an average book contains about 300 pages and 100.000 words).

👉 In terms of songs, 1 Petabyte amounts to approximately 250 million MP3s (calculating with 4 MB per song file).

You can find more OWI stats directly via the OWI Dashboard: https://openwebindex.eu/

#OpenWebIndex #doingthemath #funfact

🧮 Time for a Sunday numbers game

Did you know that the #OpenWebIndex pilot is currently based on over 1 Petabyte of raw data?

👉 This amount equals roughly over 1 billion books (assuming an average book contains about 300 pages and 100.000 words).

👉 In terms of songs, 1 Petabyte amounts to approximately 250 million MP3s (calculating with 4 MB per song file).

You can find more OWI stats directly via the OWI Dashboard: https://openwebindex.eu/

#OpenWebIndex #doingthemath #funfact

🧮 Time for a Sunday numbers game

Did you know that the #OpenWebIndex pilot is currently based on over 1 Petabyte of raw data?

👉 This amount equals roughly over 1 billion books (assuming an average book contains about 300 pages and 100.000 words).

👉 In terms of songs, 1 Petabyte amounts to approximately 250 million MP3s (calculating with 4 MB per song file).

You can find more OWI stats directly via the OWI Dashboard: https://openwebindex.eu/

#OpenWebIndex #doingthemath #funfact

Save the Date for 19 September!
📌 For #businesses and #developers who are curious to work with the #OpenWebIndex data, our consortium partner A1 Slovenija will offer an exclusive online onboarding event, specifically addressing topics that are of interest to industry experts.
The event also forms part of September's #FreeWebSearch activities.

👉 Find details and a sign-up link here:
https://freewebsearch.org/en/first-european-federated-open-web-index-industry-kick-off

Fällt mir gerade so ein, dass es cool wäre, wenn OWI (Open Web Index) auch Backlink-Suche bieten würde. So wie Google vor... 10+ (?) Jahren noch via link:https://meineseite.net

#owi #openwebindex

Polish-speaking audiences listen up!
OSF Chairman Dr. Stefan Voigt was recently interviewed by Sylwia Błach for Polish online magazine Homo Digital.
In the interview he speaks on the newly launched #OpenWebIndex and his vision on European digital sovereignty.

Thank you Sylwia Błach for the opportunity + your interest in the Open Search Foundation and the OpenWebSearch.eu project!

https://homodigital.pl/google-nie-jest-demokratyczny-wykorzystuje-uzytkownikow-i-tlumy-i-zarabia-na-tym-mnostwo-pieniedzy-wywiad-o-przyszlosci-internetu-i-projekcie-open-web-index/

Hm das Claimen und Anmelden scheint bei der OWI-Beta (OpenWebIndex) https://openwebindex.eu noch nicht zu gehen.

#owi #OpenWebIndex

Next to AI crawler, there is also the OWI crawler, which may be good to allow :)

#anubis #OWI #OpenWebIndex

5 Days, 5 Reasons for the #OWI
R2: "Economic Potential for EU businesses"

👉 In 2024, OWS.EU third-party partner MRC and OWS.EU consortium partner @osf presented a comprehensive study on the macro-economic potential of an #OpenWebIndex for European businesses.
The study also considered various societal impacts incl. digital sovereignty, cultural diversity + environmental & security factors:
https://shorturl.at/LpYxO

🤸‍♀️ Learn more at our kick-off Zoom event on 6 June: https://shorturl.at/pjCb8

In the run-up to our public OWI launch event on 6 June, we are excited to share with you some of the many benefits of an #OpenWebIndex.

Starting today, we will provide daily food for thought + reasons to come on board as we collaborately innovate the European digital landscape!

Check back daily to dive a little deeper and make sure to register for the official kick-off event via the following link:

https://cscfi.zoom.us/meeting/register/eATIpDQ5TZidh4Jzkim6FQ#/registration

We hope to see you around! Things will get OWSome! ;)

TechSpot: Europe prepares trial for Open Web Index to reduce reliance on Google and Bing. “As Google users complain about the worsening quality of search results and GenAI integration, European organizations are working to plant the seeds of alternative solutions. One such initiative aims to build a public index to support new search engines and reduce Europe’s reliance on Google and Bing.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/19/techspot-europe-prepares-trial-for-open-web-index-to-reduce-reliance-on-google-and-bing/

A giugno l’Europa lancia l’Open Web Index: un’infrastruttura pubblica per motori di ricerca indipendenti da Google e Bing. Una mossa legittima per difendere sovranità e pluralismo, ma anche il riflesso di tensioni geopolitiche. È l’inizio della scomposizione di internet da spazio globale a mosaico di reti nazionali e ideologiche?

#openwebindex #google #Ricerca #europa #INTERNET

https://www.futuroprossimo.it/2025/05/open-web-index-leuropa-affila-le-armi-per-la-guerra-a-google/

@finnsend Ja, MetaGer bleibt auf jeden Fall.
Und ja, wir sind auch schon richtig aufgeregt, den #OpenWebIndex endlich in Betrieb zu nehmen.

Also available in English: Our update on how we're doing in 2025 after the big fiasco that happened last year.
(In short: We're past the worst and have big plans for the future.)

Read more and how you can help: https://suma-ev.de/en/2025-im-suma-ev-ein-update-und-ein-ausblick/

#sumaev #metager #openwebindex

2024 war ein unerwartet ereignisreiches Jahr für uns. Nun ist der erste Monat von 2025 vergangen und man darf sich berechtigterweise fragen, wie es denn nun aussieht mit dem SUMA-EV.

Alles dazu in unserem neuen Blogartikel: https://suma-ev.de/2025-im-suma-ev-ein-update-und-ein-ausblick/

#sumaev #metager #openwebindex

Want to know more about the market potential of OpenWebSearch.EU? Our third-party partner Mücke Roth & Company provided an in-depth assessment of the macroeconomic market potential of a #European #OpenWebIndex that you can download for free on our website.💡

https://openwebsearch.eu/the-project/research-results/market-potential-assessment-of-an-european-open-web-index/

#NextGenerationInternet #OpenSearch #FreeWebSearch

🤸‍♂️ Upcoming fall/winter events part 3

4. Our #PriDI team will actively partake with a session on #FundamentalRights in the context of an #OpenWebIndex at this year‘s #PlattformPrivatheit Jahreskonferenz on the 17 and 18 October in Berlin: https://plattform-privatheit.de/p-prv/jahreskonferenzen/jahreskonferenz-2024.php

5. Last not least, we are hosting an #EthicsinSearch event in Berlin in November this year. Updates will follow, so make sure to stay tuned;)

➡ PriDI website now available in English
In May we kicked off the PriDI (Privacy-enhancing digital infrastructures) project.

Over the next three years, our teams from the University of Kassel and the OSF will investigate how Internet search can be organised in a way that respects fundamental rights and protects privacy.
Bringing together legal and business informatics expertise, the we will examine the manifold implications surrounding a European #OpenWebIndex:
https://pridi-projekt.de/en-gb/home-en/

🙌 Excited to soon onboard 9 new third-party projects to help us expand the #OpenWebSearch initiative.

The 9 projects were selected out of 49 submissions following our open calls 2 & 3, in which we were seeking “Applications of the Open Web Index” (call #2) and “Data Centre on-boarding” (call #3). Details will follow!

So long check out projects from call 1 surrounding legal, technical + commercial requirements and implications of operating a European #OpenWebIndex : https://openwebsearch.eu/six-new-partners-to-enrich-openwebsearch-eu-project-media-release/

👉 Value-by-Design.
Advancing Ethical Web Search!

In June, a part of our team joined the @osf ethics working group for an #EthicsInSearch workshop in Bochum, Germany.
This collaboration enriches our research into ethical guidelines for web search helping us develop guidelines for the #OpenWebIndex.

The session focused on applying key values to web search, preparing ethical assessments, and crafting risk scenarios with mitigation strategies.

#EthicsinSearch #OpenWebSearch

Congrats to @osf & Uni Kassel on their new project PriDI – Privacy-enhancing Digital Infrastructure which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

The project is researching how an #OpenWebIndex can be designed in conformity with fundamental rights and in such a way that it protects #privacy.

The legal implications of a European #OpenWebIndex are a key area of our research as well. We hence look forward to insightful project developments:

https://openwebsearch.eu/new-project-privacy-enhancing-digital-infrastructures-pridi-launches/

💭 Dreaming of #OpenWebSearch in Europe
👉 The German Science Journal „Spektrum.de“ writes about the OWS.EU project & the challenge of creating a European #OpenWebIndex as a foundation for #WebSearch, #LLMs & special interest applications.

„So far, 1.3 billion URLs in 185 languages, totaling 60 terabytes, have been crawled and indexed“ says project lead Michael Granitzer in the article.

Find out more about potential future applications & OWS.EU´s unique approach:

https://openwebsearch.eu/the-dream-of-an-open-search-engine-i-spektrum-de/

📍 Today is the day: Third-Party Calls 2 & 3 are closing this afternoon. Do not forget to upload your applications by 17.00 CEST today!

In February OWS.EU has launched 2 Open Calls directed at third-parties who would like to contribute to further develop and maintain the #OpenWebIndex. The calls address innovators and/or researchers as well as data/computing centres.

Make sure your application matches the requirements:
📣 Call2: https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call2/
📣 Call 3: https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call3/

💬 Friendly reminder!

In February OWS.EU has launched two #OpenCalls directed at third-parties who wish to contribute to further develop & maintain the #OpenWebIndex.

Successful applicants are granted fundings of up to 150 k Euros for up to 12 months.

Have a look at the details:
📣 Call2 (innovators/researchers): https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call2/

📣 Call 3 (data centres): https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call3/

⏳ Deadline: 4th April, 17:00 CET

#OpenWebSearch #OpenCalls #EUproject #HorizonEurope #NGI

💬 Friendly reminder!

In February OWS.EU has launched two #OpenCalls directed at third-parties who wish to contribute to further develop & maintain the #OpenWebIndex.

Successful applicants are granted fundings of up to 150 k Euros for up to 12 months.

Have a look at the details:
📣 Call2 (innovators/researchers): https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call2/

📣 Call 3 (data centres): https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call3/

⏳ Deadline: 4th April, 17:00 CET

#OpenWebSearch #OpenCalls #EUproject #HorizonEurope #NGI

🎧 Listen up!
OWS.EU got mentioned in an episode of Agoratalk podcast.
The episode centred around “Ethics in the digital space” featuring interview guest Christine Plote – member of the board at @osf

➡ OSF is one of 14 OWS.EU consortium entities and a key mission of OSF is to lead the discourse on „Ethics in Search“.
Learn about the motivation behind the OWS.EU project that aims at creating a European publicly owned #OpenWebIndex:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HF7jVN0MT4fM3g7W4lSK9
#OpenWebSearch #Ethicsinsearch

🇪🇺 European Data- and Supercomputing centres – attention please!

Our Horizon Europe funded project is calling for infrastructure third-party partners to help expand and secure a solid #OpenWebIndex and Analysis Infrastructure #OWSAI.
🔥 Become an early supporter in one of Europe’s biggest web search innovation projects!

Find out about the #OpenCall 3 package and how to apply: https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call3/

#OpenWebSearch #OpenCall #EUproject #HorizonEurope #NextGenerationInternet

@EC_NGI

🇪🇺 European Data- and Supercomputing centres – attention please!

Our Horizon Europe funded project is calling for infrastructure third-party partners to help expand and secure a solid #OpenWebIndex and Analysis Infrastructure #OWSAI.
🔥 Become an early supporter in one of Europe’s biggest web search innovation projects!

Find out about the #OpenCall 3 package and how to apply: https://openwebsearch.eu/community/3rdparty-calls/call3/

#OpenWebSearch #OpenCall #EUproject #HorizonEurope #NextGenerationInternet

@EC_NGI